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+ Personal monitoring can allow a performer with a smart phone to set - their personal monitor mix for a floor wedge or inear monitoring. - In Ardour 5.6 OSC commands to allow this were added. + their personal monitor mix for a floor wedge or in-ear monitoring. + In Ardour 5.6 OSC commands to allow this were added for use with aux + buses. Ardour 6.0 added Foldback buses for this purpose and these + commands work directly for those.
- Some setup needs to be done in the GUI mixer window before this can - work. + Foldback buses can be added from the GUI + (see: Foldback section) + or using the /cue/new_bus OSC command.
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All of the personal monitoring commands and feedback start with a /cue. It is expected that a surface used as a personal - monitor control will use only /cue commands. + monitor control will use only /cue commands. +
+ There is one OSC command apart from the /cue
+ commands: /select/add_fldbck_send
+
+ Most phone OSC applets (TouchOSC, Control) require manual port to be set. + There are certainly more controls than needed. Using send enables for + example, may lead to wasted time discovering why a send has no sound. + A good easy to use controller that fits on most phones while still + being controllable even with big fingers might look like: +
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+ Ardour is not limited to talking to one personal monitor controller + at a time, but is able to deal with many simultaneously, each controlling + its own foldback bus.
The send controls and feedback all have the send id (1 to n) in line @@ -53,58 +88,81 @@ most surfaces used for this will only be able to handle one parameter.
| /cue/connect | +Returns a list of foldback busses and connects to the first. |
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| /cue/bus index | +where index is an integer or float which is the + foldback bus number this surface will use. |
| /cue/next_bus | +Sets the the foldback bus to one bus higher. |
| /cue/previous_bus | +Sets the foldback bus to one bus lower. This can also be used as a + "connect" button to save space in a phone layout. |
| /cue/connect_output output | +where output is a string that is the name of an output port + or the number of the output port if the port is a system:playback port + to connect the foldback bus to. |
| /cue/new_bus name l-output + r-output | where name is the name for + the new foldback bus as a string, l-output (optional) is the name + of the output port to connect to. And r-output (if present) will + make the new foldback bus stereo and connect the right output port to the + named port. All parameters are string type. + |
| /cue/new_send strip | +where strip is a string with the name of the strip to add + a foldback send to that sends to the current foldback bus. + + |
| /cue/fader position | +where position is a float for the position of the fader + between 0.0 and 1.0. |
| /cue/mute state | +where state is a float of 0.0 for mute off and 1.0 for + the foldback bus mute on. |
| /cue/send/fader/id position | +where position is a float for the position of the send + fader between 0.0 and 1.0. |
| /cue/send/enable/id state | +where state is a float of 0.0 for disable and 1.0 for enable. |
| /cue/name name | +where name is a string that is the name of the currently + selected foldback bus. |
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| /cue/name/id name | +where name is a string that is the name of the foldback bus + that id belongs to. |
| /cue/fader position | +where position is a float from 0.0 to 1.0 that shows the + fader position for the selected foldback bus. |
| /cue/mute state | +where state is a float of 0.0 or 1.0 that shows the state + of the mute for the selected foldback bus. |
| /cue/signal activity | +where activity is a float of 0.0 or 1.0 that shows audio + activity for the selected foldback bus. |
| /cue/send/name/id name | +where name is a string that is the name of the channel + that send id belongs to. |
| /cue/send/fader/id position | +where position is a float from 0.0 to 1.0 that is the position + for the fader for the send that id belongs to. |
| /cue/send/enable/id state | +where state is a float of 0.0 or 1.0 that is the state + of the enable for the send that id belongs to. |
While a fader is being adjusted, the corresponding /*/name text will give the level in db.
- ++ A selected or expanded strip can create a foldback send and create + a foldback bus at the same time using: + /select/add_fldbck_send name + where name is a string with the name of the desired foldback + bus. If the name matches an existing foldback bus the new send will + be added to the selected or expanded strip that feeds that bus. If there + is no strip of that name, one will be created. +